A quarter of music producers now use artificial intelligence in their craft – although the vast majority show signs of resistance to the technology for fear of losing creative control.
This is based on a survey Orbit librarya platform that provides licensed samples and backbones of music production.
findings 25% of producer respondents are now using AI to create music, although the vast majority of them (73.9%) is mainly used for stem separation. less than half (45.5%) use it for mastering and EQ plug-ins, while a smaller percentage use it to produce elements used in songs (21.2%), few people use it to compose an entire song (3%).
Of the three-quarters of people who don’t use artificial intelligence, the vast majority (82.2%) citing artistic and creative reasons (e.g., “I want my art to be my own”) 34.5% Citing quality reasons, AI music simply isn’t good enough. A smaller percentage mentions cost (14.3%) and copyright issues (10.2%) as the reason why they don’t use the technology.
There is also a big divide between views on “assistive AI” that aids the music creation process and “generative AI” that directly creates elements of a song or an entire song.
The survey found that the majority of respondents have a negative view of generative artificial intelligence, with only single digits supporting the technology. A larger share – albeit smaller than 50% – Have a positive view of assistive artificial intelligence.
Interestingly, the youngest respondents are most strongly opposed to generative AI, while the oldest respondents are most strongly opposed to assistive AI.
Willingness to pay for AI technology is generally low, with nearly three-quarters of people using AI tools using only free tools. Those with the highest willingness to pay are “novice” producers, although they also strongly resist paying high fees and few are willing to pay. $25 per month or more.
comprehensive, 70% of respondents said they expected artificial intelligence to have a “huge” or “huge” impact on music production in the future, while 29% said they expected it to have “some” impact. only 1% said they did not expect any impact.
Tracklib Recruitment 1,107 Self-identified music producers participated in the survey, although only 10% Some of them are classified as “professionals” who make music as their full-time job. 58% were considered “ambitious,” meaning they planned to pursue producing as a career, while the remainder were classified as “beginner” or “hobbyist” producers.
Among survey respondents, 54% from the EU or UK, 34% from North America, and 12% from other parts of the world.
Despite the apparent resistance to AI technology from most manufacturers, Tracklib said it believes adoption of the technology is here to stay. The company says that music AI is currently at a “early majority”Adoption stage.
This stems from the sociological model of technology adoption, which divides the adoption of new technologies into five stages: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards.
In a survey conducted last year, DIY dealers Tuning and its parent company, believe,Discover 27% So far, independent music artists have used artificial intelligence in some way.
that investigation 1,600 Self-released artists found that among those who have used artificial intelligence tools, 57% Use it to create art while 37% indicate that they have used it to create promotional assets, and 20% Use it to interact with your fans.
About half of respondents said they would be willing to license their music for use in machine learning, while a third said they would be willing to allow their music, sounds or artwork to be used to generate artificial intelligence.
Stockholm-based Tracklib was founded in 2018 and has more than 100,000 Song from 400 Labels and publishers. Earlier this year it launched sound, which expands the platform’s offering to include royalty-free loops and one-off libraries. This feature is available to paying subscribers.
In 2021, Tracklib told MBW it raised $21.2 million Financing from investors to date includes Sony Innovation Fund, Wind Corporationformer NBA player and producer Baron Davisand spinning record co-founder Alko van Kuten.global music business
